#9B56DD#9B56DD

#9B56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.200 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B56DD
RGB	rgb(155, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 53.37, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 79.06, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1137 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.2 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8936, 18.8447, 70.4551)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B56DD #98DD56

analogous

#5856DD #9B56DD #DD56DB

triadic

#9B56DD #DD9B56 #56DD9B

tetradic

#9B56DD #DD5856 #98DD56 #56DBDD

square

#9B56DD #DD5856 #98DD56 #56DBDD

split-complementary

#9B56DD #DBDD56 #56DD58

monochromatic

#5E1F9A #7D29CD #9B56DD #B989E7 #D7BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9B56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#9B56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B56DD

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B56DD	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3578DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.200 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89e8',
    500: '#9b56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b56dd;
$custom-light: #bd89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.20044,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B56DD

secondary

#C7E1AE

accent

#CE1771

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B56DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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